Budget
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BudgetHagel Outlines 6 Priorities to Guide Budget Cuts, DoD Reform Efforts
Steep budget cuts may create many challenges for the Defense Department, but they also highlight areas for reform that the Department would be remiss not to act on, Defense Secretary […]
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Wittman To Host Military Readiness Briefings For House Leadership, Budget Conferees
House Armed Services readiness subcommittee chairman Rob Wittman (R-Va.) arranged two briefings with Pentagon officials for House leadership and for congressmen serving on the budget conference committee to learn about […]
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DIA Issues Draft RFP For Potential $6 Billion E-SITE Information Technology Contract
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has issued a draft request for proposals (RFP) to solicit potential bidders for its potential $6 billion Enhanced Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise (E-SITE) […]
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Senate Dems Won’t Remove Defense Sequester Without Ditching Domestic Cuts Too, Warner Says
Lawmakers have expressed a range of opinions on how to handle sequestration cuts to defense spending: some want Congress to keep the dollar amount of the cuts in place but […]
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DHS Awards Thermopylae Potential $98 Million Geospatial Services Deal
Geospatial services provider Thermopylae Sciences & Technology said it has been awarded a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) blanket purpose agreement (BPA) that could be worth $98 million for Geospatial […]
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F-35 Conducts First Live-Fire Weapons Test
An F-35A executed the program’s first live-fire launch of a guided air-to-air missile one day after it successfully delivered an unarmed weapon against a ground target, the Defense Department said […]
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DARPA Reaching Challenging RF Frequencies With Vacuum Electronic Devices
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is making progress toward reaching a challenging portion of the radio frequency (RF) spectrum with a pair of programs involving vacuum electronic devices […]
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Air ForceAir Force Expands DEAMS To Additional Four Bases
The Air Force earlier this month fielded its controversial Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System (DEAMS) to four additional locations with a goal of expanding DEAMS capability to all active, […]
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HASC Takes on DoD Acquisition Policy With Hearing to Kick Off Reform Effort
The House Armed Services Committee will tackle a defense acquisition reform effort, led by committee vice chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) and ranking member Adam Smith (D-Wash.), which may include some […]
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House Panel Approves Bills On TSA Acquisition, Cyber Workforce, Critical Infrastructure R&D
The House Homeland Security Committee yesterday marked up and unanimously approved a series of bills aimed at improving the acquisition process at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), assessing the cyber […]